Jews, 11
“Jim M.,” xvi, 181–82, 246
“Jimmy,” xvi, 203, 209–13, 223–25, 254, 255, 279
see also Flanagan, Jimmy
jirga, 242–43, 264, 279, 372
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 106, 159
joint direct attack munition (JDAM), 278
Joint Operations Center (the “Clubhouse”), 270, 301–4, 317, 392
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), 129, 151, 195, 209–10, 212–13, 224, 337, 339–42, 381–82, 410
Delta Force of, 169
Quick Reaction Force of, 169
Task Force-North (JSOTF-N) “Task Force Dagger” of, 190, 191
Jones, John Paul, 11
Jordan, 47–48
Jordan River Valley, 47
Juma Khan Baluch, Haji, 166–67, 244
Justice Department, U.S., 396–97, 400–401
Office of Legal Counsel in, 396
K
Kabul, xi, 153, 263, 270, 274, 280, 291, 312, 343, 361–64, 411, 416–18
Arg Palace in, 357
Dar ul Tudib Reform School in, 128
fratricidal warfare in, 41
Iranian Embassy in, 128
Northern Alliance seizure of, 207–8, 224, 253, 362, 363
Taliban control of, 42, 43, 126, 360
Taliban withdrawal from, 209–10, 227, 233
U.S. bombing of, 134
Kafiristan, 322
Kajaki Lake, 310
Kaluchak, 346
Kandahar, 42, 54, 61, 75, 80–81, 87–88, 96, 100, 115, 119, 135, 148, 162, 180–81, 214, 218–19, 241–42, 276–86
fall of, 323, 366
Foreign Office Guesthouse in, 229, 232–33
founding of, 277
Governor’s Palace in, xi, 164, 282–84, 312, 314
lawlessness and victimization in, 41
propaganda “night letters” in, 142
rival warlords in, 41
Taliban routed in, 279–86, 291, 358
U.S. bombing of, 134, 137, 253, 282
Kandahar Airport, 219, 319, 362
Battle of, 164, 276, 278, 282
U.S. Marines’ occupation of, 291, 310–11
Kappes, Steve, xvi, 374, 375–76
Karachi, 231, 329, 362
Sheraton Hotel in, 326
U.S. Consulate in, 326
Kargil War, 36
Karzai, Abdul Ahad, 138, 200, 314
Karzai, Hamid, 150, 180–85, 196–203, 234, 242, 244, 250–54, 278, 313
Afghanistan return and insurgency of, 141, 145–46, 180–85, 189–96, 198–203, 217, 221–28
CIA liaison with, 137–42, 145–46, 182–85, 189–96, 198–203, 205, 220, 222–28, 231
family and tribal background of, 137–38, 159, 200, 224, 231
forces commanded by, 201–2, 223–25, 227–28, 252, 254
as interim chairman of Afghanistan, 279–85, 360–61, 372–73
Jalil and, 234
as president of Afghanistan, xi, xvi, 357–61, 387
RLG and, 198–202, 280–82, 357–58
Taliban battle with, 183–86, 189–96, 198–203, 357–60
Taliban surrender negotiated by, xi, 279, 281–83
Kashmir, 216
anti-Indian jihad in, 39, 306–8
Indian occupied section of, 39, 306–8, 346, 353
Indo-Pakistani rivalry over, 4, 36–37, 39–40, 346–48, 350–53
Kargil district of, 40
Line of Control in, 37, 39, 40, 306, 307, 346, 351–53
Pakistan occupied section of, 346, 348
terrorism in, 346–48, 351–52
“Kate,” xvi, 287–88
Katz, David, 159–60
Kayani, Ashfaq Pervaiz, xvii, 290, 294, 334–35, 340–44, 384–86
Keenan, Jenny, xviii, 302–4, 318
Kennedy, Caroline, 13
Kenya, 44
Khair Muhammad Khan, 200
Khakrez, 254
Khaksar, Mohammed, 152–53
Khalilzad, Zalmay, xviii, 64–65, 368
Khan, Isma’il, 110, 145
Khanabad, 181
Khanaka, 200
Khassadars, 258
Khost, 187
Khyber Club, 142
Khyber Pass, 110
Khyber Rifles, 259
Kimmons, Jeff, 170
King Lear (Shakespeare), 155
Kipling, Rudyard, 262
Kohat, 261
Kunar, 187, 188
Kunduz, 250–51
Kurdistan, 22
Kurram Militia, 262, 295
Kurram River, 262
Kushab nuclear reactor, 172, 176
Kuwait, Iraqi invasion of, 43
L
Lahore, 329, 332
Laipson, Ellen, 24
“Lalo, Commander,” 244
Langley, Va., xi, 101, 161, 375
CIA Headquarters in, 4, 6, 19, 21, 26, 56, 63, 65, 69, 74, 87, 90, 97, 133, 186, 206, 220, 318, 371
Lashgar-e Taiba, 318
lashgars, 294, 318
Lawrence of Arabia (film), 290
Lays of Ancient Rome (Macaulay), 321
Leno, Mavis, 63
Libby, Lewis “Scooter,” 55
Library of Congress Congressional Research Service, 24
Libya, 26
Lodhi, Maleeha, xvii, 75–76
RLG and, 67–72, 74, 76
London, 69, 101–2, 388
Luttwak, Edward, 118–19
M
MacArthur, Douglas, 11
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 321
McCain, John, 400–405
McCain Amendment, 400–403
McChrystal, Stanley, xviii, 381, 410, 412
MacDill Air Force Base, 90
McFarlane, Robert “Bud,” 156–57, 161
McLaughlin, John, xvi, 60, 64–65, 291–92, 316, 320, 366, 369, 376, 378
McManus, Barry, xvi, 175, 177, 266, 273, 392
madrassas (Quranic schools), 41, 42, 53, 216
Madrid, 388
Mahmud Ahmed, General, 301
character and personality of, 72–73
family life of, 73
as ISI director, xvii, 49–50, 69–76, 86–89, 113–14, 122–23, 128, 157–59, 329
“jihadist” foreign policy of, 73
RLG and, 50, 70–74, 86–87
Majid, Hafiz, 187
maliks, 294–95, 342
Mansur, Akhtar Muhammad, xvi, 147, 232, 281
“Marco,” xvii, 129, 151, 209–13, 339
Marines, U.S., 6, 244–45, 291, 310–11, 325, 359–60
“Mark,” xvi, 148, 149, 163, 214–15, 235–37, 239–45, 247, 275–76, 280–84, 312
“Mark C,” 166, 167
Maruf, 216
Masood, Ahmad Shah, 66, 360
assassination of, 88, 207
Massachusetts, 10
Massie, John, xvi, 220, 239
Mattis, James, 311–12
Mazar-e Sharif, 191, 207, 224
Mehsud, Hakimullah, 124
Mercer, Heather, xix, 126, 128, 152, 210, 255
Mercer, John, 152
Mesopotamia, 366
MI6, 97
Middle East, 18, 29, 31, 64, 397, 419
politics of, 14, 25, 37
Milam, William “Bill,” xviii, 79, 102
as Ambassador to Pakistan, 46–53, 63–64, 68–69
RLG and, 46–47, 63–64, 328
Miram Shah, 336
Miscik, Jami, 373–74
missiles, 108, 157, 346
cruise, 44, 59, 134–35, 169
Stinger antiaircraft, 37, 181
Mohammed, Khalid Shaykh (KSM), 394
Mohtasim, Abdul Wasi Agha Jan, 241
Moseman, John, 60
Mossadegh, Mohammad, 23
Mugabe, Robert, 14
Mulholland, John, 224–25
Mullah Jalil, see Jalil, Mullah
Mullah Sa’eb, see Osmani, Akhtar Mohammed
Murray, Pat, xvi, 374, 375, 406
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Musharraf, Pervaiz, xvii
as chief of Army Staff, 48, 49
counterterrorism promised by, 70, 351
as president of Pakistan, 4, 40, 48–50, 67–70, 86, 158–59, 174, 196, 223, 238, 272, 305, 308–9, 328–29, 350–52
Tenet’s meeting with, 265, 267–69
Muslims, 126, 306, 328, 380–81
in Pakistan, 36–37, 345–46
Ramadan observance by, 292
Shiite, 22, 42, 313, 326, 369, 370
Sunni, 42, 43, 313, 369, 370, 371, 379
Muttawakil, Wakil Ahmed, xvi, 51, 122–23, 361–62
U.S. imprisonment of, 362
Myers, Richard, 106
N
Nairobi, 303
bombing of U.S. Embassy in, 35, 44, 47
Najibullah, Mohammed:
Afghan Communist government of, 41, 144
Taliban capture and murder of, 144
Nanga Parbat, 322
Naqib, Mullah, xvi, 234, 251, 279–83, 285
Nashiri, ‘Abd al-Rahim al-, 394
Nasiriya, 368
National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), 377–78, 388–91
National Intelligence Council (NIC), 21, 22, 24, 376
National Security Council (NSC), 64–65, 70, 75, 365, 367–69, 400, 402
Deputies’ Committee of, 23–24, 64, 349, 366, 398
Principals’ Committee of, 64, 192, 371, 398, 401, 405
“Tiger Team” of, 401, 405
Natsios, Andrew, 363–64
Navy, U.S., 11–12, 310
Negroponte, John, 382
New Delhi, 39, 306–8, 345
U.S. Embassy in, 347, 349
New York, N.Y., 158
9/11 destruction of twin towers in, 76, 143, 220
New York Times, 375
Night Watch, The (Phillips), 16–17
9/11 Commission, 388
Nixon, Richard M., 403
Nkomo, Joshua, 14
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), 126, 325
Islamic, 171–74
Noorzai, Haji Bashir, 221, 234, 250
North Africa, 17
Roman ruins of, 19–20
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 387, 412, 415–16
North Carolina, 129
Northern Alliance, 8, 42, 43, 66, 104, 107, 110, 182
armed forces of, 143, 190, 285–86
CIA liaison with, 142–43, 152–53, 184–85, 188, 221
CIA weapons drop to, 184–85
Indian alliance with, 362
Kabul seizure by, 207–8, 224, 253, 362, 363
prisons of, 290
Soviet and Indian support for, 43, 73
Taliban offensive by, 42, 43, 59, 83, 88, 187–88, 207–10, 217, 416
U.S. support for, 66, 75, 108
North Korea, 26
rogue state status of, 40
North Vietnam, 400
nuclear arms, 172–78, 366–67, 405
al-Qa’ida aspirations for, 265–69, 273–74, 285
of India, 39, 40
of Pakistan, 4, 9, 26, 38, 40, 172–74, 274, 307, 392, 417
plutonium in, 176
proliferation of, 4, 26–27, 39, 173, 307
of U.S., 176
O
Obama, Barack:
administration of, 389, 409–12
Afghanistan policy of, 409–12, 415
presidential campaign of, 409
West Point speech of, 410, 415
Obeidullah, Mullah, 250, 281
Oman, 212–13
Omar, Mohammed, 6, 75, 96, 138, 169, 200, 207, 250, 254, 313
bin Laden and, 62–63
opium poppy cultivation banned by, 61
Taliban led by, xvi, 41, 42, 44, 80, 82, 84–89, 107, 109, 112–15, 117–22, 127–28, 130–32, 134–35, 186–88, 202, 218, 224, 230–31, 233–34, 241, 276, 278, 360–61
Operation Anaconda, 335–37
Operation Tewazen, 342–43
Organization of the Islamic Conference, 135
Osmani, Akhtar Mohammed (“Mullah Sa’eb”), xvii, 185, 241, 253–54
RLG and, 81–86, 87, 117–22, 130–32, 134–35, 147
as Taliban Southern Zone commander, 62, 80, 85, 112, 114–22, 134–35
P
Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza, Shah of Iran:
1953 restoration of, 23
1979 flight of, 17
Pakistan, xi, 35–45, 51–54, 67–71, 113, 162–66, 219, 257, 259–64, 384–87, 412–14
Afghan warlords in, 59
anti-terrorism stance of, 269
Baluchistan Province of, 80, 98, 114
bin-Laden sanctuary in, 74, 260, 296, 382
creation of, 36, 43, 259
democratic aspirations of, 38, 40, 50
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of, 2, 256, 259–60, 265, 292–94, 329, 336, 337, 339, 341–44, 384–87, 412–14
hostility for Westerners in, 322, 325–27
Indian rivalry and wars with, 4, 36–39, 43, 306–9, 345–53
intelligence services of, 37, 42–43, 48, 69, 70
Kagan Valley in, 322
Khyber Agency in, 263, 296
Kurram Agency in, 260–62, 264, 293–97
military coups in, 38, 40, 48, 49–50, 67, 91
Muslims in, 36–37, 345–46
North Waziristan Agency in, 261, 294, 340, 342, 343, 385, 387, 412–13
North-West Frontier Province of, 264, 294
nuclear arms of, 4, 9, 26, 38, 40, 172–74, 274, 307, 392, 417
population of, 36
Potwar Plateau in, 257
Punjab Province of, 329
religious extremism in, 417
repression of East Pakistan by, 38
RLG’s departure from, 362
“settled areas” of, 329, 337, 384
South Waziristan Agency in, 124, 239–40, 342, 343, 385, 386
support for terrorist groups by, 4, 39–40, 307, 346–48, 351
Taliban relations with, 43–45, 69, 71, 73, 124, 161, 307, 362–63, 412–13
Tirah Valley in, 263, 296, 297
U.S. interests in, 9, 38, 415
U.S. relations with, 37–40, 44–45, 48–50, 68–71, 73–75, 100, 111, 158, 269–72, 301–7, 350
U.S. sanctions against, 39, 40, 307
violence and terrorism in, 325–26
Waziristan region of, 329, 339
Pakistan army, 39, 40, 48, 49, 68, 72, 158–59, 171, 215, 216, 270, 289–90, 338, 384–86
al-Qa’ida cadres’ capture and escape from, 294–95
Director-General for Military Operations (DGMO) in, 334–35
General Headquarters of, 344
Indian army vs., 341–42, 345–46
jawans in, 264
Ninth Division of, 261
Special Services Group of, 124, 341–42
Supply Corps of, 245, 272
weapons of, 236, 245–47, 272
XI Corps of, 293, 339
Pakistan Army Command and General Staff College, 70, 80
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), 172
Pakistani Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), 98–99
Palestinians, 47–48
intelligence and security forces of, 31
second intifada of, 31
see also Arab-Israeli conflict
Parachinar, 262, 264, 292–94
Parrot’s Beak, 261, 263
Pashtu language, 82, 127, 142, 150, 312–13
Pashtun, Mohammed Yousaf “Engineer Pashtun,” xvii, 148, 149–50, 162–63, 167, 312–13
Pashtuns, 62, 66, 110, 121–22, 137–38, 143, 153–54, 157, 180, 187–88, 191, 198, 207, 357, 358
culture of, 201, 254
Durrani, 200, 231
Gilzai, 187, 200, 219
in Taliban, 8, 42, 51, 59, 85, 107, 159
Taliban oppression of, 222, 227–28, 232
Patton, George S., 149
Pavitt, James “Jim,” xvi, 69–70, 204
relationship of R
LG and, 27, 99, 348, 364, 366, 378
Peace Corps, 19
Pearl, Daniel, 326
Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on, 103
Peiwar Kotal, 258, 263
Pentagon, 104, 382
9/11 terrorist attack on, 76, 143
see also Defense Department, U.S.
Persian Gulf, 99
Peshawar, 37, 47, 54, 111, 156, 160, 293
Khyber Club in, 142
Phillips, David Atlee, 16–17
PKM light machine guns, 201–2
Popalzai tribe, 138, 180, 200, 224, 226, 231, 282, 314
Poteet, Chief Warrant Officer (CW3), xviii, 206, 227, 240
Potomac River, 26, 75, 388
Powell, Colin, 369
Powell, Nancy, xviii, 349
Powers, Francis Gary, 37
Predator drones, 44, 157, 161, 186, 191–92, 214, 384, 391
Pressler, Larry, 38
Pressler Amendment, 38–39
Priest, Dana, 399
Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), 365
pugaree, 52
Punjab, 31
Punjab Rangers, 331
Pushtunwali, 259
Q
Qadhafi, Muammar, 176
Qatar, 288, 361, 397
Quetta, 54, 80, 87, 98–99, 122–23, 130, 138, 149–50, 199, 215–16, 241, 246, 361, 362
British Cantonment in, 116
R
“Radio Free Afghanistan,” 65
Radio Shariat, 119, 120
Rahmani, Hassan, 185
Rawalpindi, 47
Army House in, 48, 50, 67
Chaklala Airbase in, 124, 290–91, 319
Reagan, Ronald, 38, 57, 156
Redd, Scott, 391
Registan Desert, 166–67, 244, 311, 359
Reimann, Christopher, xviii, 303–4, 318, 331–32
Republican Party, 373, 395, 400
Rhodesia, 14
Rice, Condoleezza:
as national security advisor, 55–56, 64, 72, 113, 121, 267, 365, 368–71, 376, 398
as Secretary of State, xix, 406
“Rich,” 312
Ritchie, James, 156
Rizzo, John, 60–61
Roberts, Frederick, 263
Rocca, Christina, 69
Rodriguez, Jose, xvi, 376, 383, 397–98, 402, 405, 406–7
Roman Catholic Church, 10–11
Rome, 408
Rome Group, 138, 159
Roosevelt, Kermit, 23
Ross, Dennis, 25–26
Rosslyn, Va., 10, 60
RPG launchers, 201, 206, 225, 236, 240
Rumsfeld, Donald, xviii
RLG and, 197–98, 337–38, 406
as Secretary of Defense, 95, 106–10, 114, 196–98, 222–23, 346, 362, 367–70, 381–82, 399, 401
Russell, Bertrand, 72
S
Sadda, 295
Safed Koh mountains, 258–60, 262–63, 289, 296–97
Saqeb, Nur Muhammad, 89
Saudi Arabia, U.S. alliance with, 43
Scheuer, Mike, 378, 379–80
Schmidt, John, xviii, 68
Schroen, Gary, xvi, 142–43, 144–46, 152, 207–8, 288
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